Your Child, Homework, and the Library
Library Services and Activities to Help Busy Parents and Students:
- Library Cards for All Ages
Be sure everyone in the family has a library card and uses it.
- Convenient Hours and Locations
With a Main Library downtown and branches throughout Hamilton County, you are always near a library. Locations and hours are under Community Information in the front of the Yellow Pages.
- Individualized Help
The Library's professional staff can help you and your child find what you need, whether it's for school or pleasure.
- Library Catalog
Use our catalog to find books, magazines, movies, music (and more!) in the Library's collection.
- Bookmarks and Booklists
The Library offers a variety of bookmarks and other lists for all ages and interests to help you choose books your child will enjoy.
- Programs for Children
The Library offers a variety of programs during the year to enhance your child's interest in reading and learning.
- Tours and Group Visits to the Library
Encourage your child's teacher or scout leader to bring the children to the Library for a tour, and to return for visits on a regular basis.
- Librarians Visits to the Classroom
Librarians visit many schools in Hamilton County to share stories, distribute library card applications, and encourage reading.
- Summer Reading Club
Sign your children up for the Library's Summer Reading Club. Don't let reading stop when the school year is over.
How to Make Reading a Family Activity:
- Set aside some quiet time each day for all members of the family to read on their own.
- Continue to read aloud to your child, even after the child is able to read independently.
- Demonstrate to your child that you enjoy reading.
- Make regular visits to the Library with your family.
- Allow your children to choose books which appeal to them.
- Encourage members of the family to talk about the books they are reading.
- Demonstrate how reading is an integral part of daily life by asking your child to help you read grocery labels, road signs, shopping ads, etc.
- Make a special place for books in your home.
- Give books as gifts.
- Place limits on television and videos: research shows that more than 10 hours per week inhibits learning.
Recommended Reading:
Jim Trelease
j808.899282 H615 1992
Jim Trelease
372.6 T788n 2001
Valerie White
011.62 W588 1995
Subject Headings:
For more information, search under these headings in the Library Catalog:
Helping Your Child with Homework
- Introduce yourself to your child's teacher. Stay in contact with the teacher throughout the school year.
- Talk to your child everyday about school work, and ask about upcoming assignments.
- Set aside a work space and a consistent time every day for homework.
- Encourage your child to ask questions: at home, in school, and at the library.
- Be enthusiastic about homework assignments. If you criticize the teacher or the assignment, your child will respect neither.
- When visiting the library for a homework project, make sure your child takes along a written assignment sheet. Don't wait until the last minute when the needed materials may not be available.
- Resist the temptation to do your child's homework. Learning how to search for materials at the library is often the real point of the assignment.
Recommended Reading:
Kathleen M. Anesko and Fredric M. Levine
371.30281 A579 1987
Ellen Klavan
372.130281 K63 1992
Subject Headings
For more information, search under these subject headings in the Library Catalog: